Olavi Hänninen
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Olavi Hänninen was a Finnish
designer
. His modernist designs included tables and he worked on the Palace Hotel, Helsinki
interior with Antti Nurmesniemi
and Olli Borg. He designed a metal chair for the hotel's cafe.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
. His modernist designs included tables and he worked on the Palace Hotel, Helsinki
Palace Hotel, Helsinki
The Palace Hotel is an historic modernist hotel in Helsinki built in 1952, the year of the Helsinki Olympic Games. It was furnished by various renowned Finnish interior designers....
interior with Antti Nurmesniemi
Antti Nurmesniemi
Antti Nurmesniemi was a Finnish designer. His work includes enamel coffee pots and furniture such as the Jakkara sauna stool, as well as interior design work. He has been referred to as the "Grand Old Man of Finnish Design", and he won the Lunning Prize in 1959...
and Olli Borg. He designed a metal chair for the hotel's cafe.